Assoc. Prof. Dr. Merve Ayşegül Kulular

Hacettepe University

Chair of the Cyberspace and Space Law Commission

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Merve Ayşegül Kulular, a faculty member in the Department of Information and Technology Law at Hacettepe University and Chair of ASBU’s Cyberspace and Space Law Commission, ranked 195th nationwide in the university entrance examination and studied at TOBB University of Economics and Technology on a full scholarship. She graduated with high honors, ranking third in her faculty. She completed her master’s degree in Computer and Communications Law at Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. She earned her doctorate at the Social Sciences University of Ankara (ASBU), examining the effects of updates to smart devices on consumers and unfair commercial practices, and conducted her doctoral thesis research on planned obsolescence at Murdoch University in Australia. She carried out her postdoctoral research at Queen’s University in Canada on artificial intelligence, robo-advisors and crypto-assets.

She also completed a second bachelor’s degree with high honors through a double major in History at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, as well as a second master’s degree in the History of Science at Hacettepe University. She continues her scholarly work through projects, symposia and articles in artificial intelligence and ethics, e-commerce, consumer rights in digital environments, personal data protection, social media law, children’s rights, cybercrime, internet domain names, freedom of expression, access blocking, telecommunications and space law.